Maid and the Moonshiner (1886) was a flop. When creditors sued Solomon, he fled the country. Solomon was arrested in London in 1886 for bigamy, but the case against him collapsed, as no American witnesses came forward. When she learned of his previous marriage, Russell sued for divorce, finally obtaining it in 1893. Meanwhile, Solomon's first wife divorced him in 1887. In 1889 he married an actress, Kate Everleigh. His brother Frederick Solomon sang in Billee Taylor in the provinces (1883) and was the composer of the comic opera Captain Kidd, or The Bold Buccaneer, produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, on 10 September 1883. Solomon died in London of typhoid fever in 1895 at the age of 39. Selected operas by Solomon Billee Taylor (1880) Quite an Adventure (1881) Claude Duval (1881) The Vicar of Bray (1882) The Red Hussar (1889) The Nautch Girl (1891) References Further reading External links Edward Solomon at the Internet Broadway Database List of many of Solomon's stage works Listing of English musicals with links Solomon scores 1855 births 1895 deaths English male classical composers English classical composers English opera composers Male opera composers People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan Musicians from London Deaths from typhoid fever English Jews 19th-century classical composers 19th-century English musicians People from Lambeth 19th-century British composers 19th-century British male musicians